Rubber boot



(No Model.)

M. T. WYNK OOP. RUBBER BOOT.

No. 400,421. Patented Mar, 26, 1889.

QXMMMMO UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY T. WYNKOOP, OF UTIOA, NEW YORK.

RUBBER BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,421, dated March 26, 1889.

Application filed November 2, 1888. $erial No. 289,849. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY T. WYNKOOP, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rubber Boots, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in rubber boots; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a boot embodying my improvements, showing the boot open and unfastened. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same, showing the boot closed and buttoned. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line L M of Fig. 1.

The boot is made of rubber, either heavy or light, for winter or summer wear, and the front side of the leg thereof is open on the line b B. One edge of the open leg has a flap, H, and the other edge thereof has a flap, A,

the latter being formed separately from the boot-leg and cemented or otherwise suitably secured thereto. The side of the leg to which the flapA is attached has a flap, a, projecting beyond the inner edge of flap A, and the flap H, when the boot-leg is closed, is adapted to be inserted between the flaps A a, as will be readily understood. Secured to the outer side of the flap A are anumber of straps, K,which have button-holes at their outer ends adapted to receive buttons D, secured to the opposite side of the boot-leg, provision being thereby made for closing the boot-leg tightly on the leg of the wearer and .fastening the flaps together. I

B represents a gore or tongue of the same material on the bootleg, or of different ma terial, as may be preferred, the only requisite being that the said gore or tongue be tight and flexible. The said gore is provided with creases c at suitable distances from its edges, and is arranged within the open side of the boot-leg, one of the edges of the said gore being secured to the flap a, near the outer edge of the latter, and the other edge of the gore being secured to a supplemental flap, b, which is arranged on the inner side of the flap H. When the bootleg is open, the gore B is extended to admit the ready insertion or withdrawal of the foot of the wearer, and when the bootleg is closed and fastened in the manner before described the flap A closes against the outer side of flap H, said flap H closes against the outer side of flap a, and the latter is inserted between the flaps H an I). The gore or tongue B folds within the boot-leg on the creases c, and forms aboxplait and closes snugly against the leg of the wearer. The boot-leg is thus adapted to be fitted so closely to the leg of the wearer that snow or water cannot enter from the top, and the foot of the wearer is therefore kept absolutely dry.

Another advantage possessed by my improved rubber boot is that it may be used over ordinary shoes or slippers, and hence the feet of the wearer may be kept warm and comfortable and the danger of contracting colds when using the rubber boot avoided.

Having thus described my invention, I claim Aboot-leg open in front and having the flaps A a and H b on opposite sides, the said flaps being adapted to close one uponthe other when the boot-leg is closed, and the gore or tongue B, having its edges attached to the inner sides of the flanges a b, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARY T. WYNKOOP.

Witnesses:

W. H. SYMONDS, CHARLES A. TALCOTT. 

